Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the multiple job losses already announced this year from Westpac, the Royal Bank of Scotland, ANZ, Holden, Toyota, BHP, Reckitt, Manildra, Norsk Hydro, Tomago Aluminium and Thales, and I ask: why did the Prime Minister describe these losses as growing pains, and isn't this more evidence that this is the worst possible time to introduce the world's biggest carbon tax?

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